Archive for the 'Healthy Living' Category

My Container Herb Garden

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Lately we’ve been a quest to create a healthy lifestyle.  As part of this quest, I’m making my best effort not to use any prepackaged spice mixes/blends since most contain very high levels of sodium.  I’ve been cooking with fresh onion, garlic, and herbs.  Too keep from spending a crazy amount of money in the [...]

My Lifestyle Change Results…Week 1

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

How have we done?  So far, I’ve lost 5 pounds…mostly from water weight I think.  My husband has lost 10 pounds. What’s the biggest issue for me?  Not the meals.  I like healthy meals.  It’s the snacking.  I feel like I have the nagging need to snack.  During the day at work, I’d snack on [...]

My Diet…I mean Lifestyle Change

Monday, April 12th, 2010

We started dieting with our first official weigh-in on April 4.  I hesitate to use the word “Diet” because it implies something temporary that will go away soon.  I’m aiming at more of a lifestyle change.  This “diet” was brought on as a result of looking at pictures of us from 3 years ago (when [...]